Nuclear Bomb Testing History
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was the first Nuclear research development program to detonate a nuclear warhead.
On the Morning of July 16, 1945 the first Nuclear bomb test occurred in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
The site in which it was tested it called Trinity Site.
On the Morning of July 16, 1945 the first Nuclear bomb test occurred in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
The site in which it was tested it called Trinity Site.
Over 2000 tests took place Between 1945-1996
United States: 1,032 Tests (1945-1992)
Soviet Union: 715 Tests (1949-1990)
United Kingdom: 45 Tests (1949-1990)
France: 210 Tests (1952-1991)
China: 45 Tests (1964-1996)
Soviet Union: 715 Tests (1949-1990)
United Kingdom: 45 Tests (1949-1990)
France: 210 Tests (1952-1991)
China: 45 Tests (1964-1996)
The TSAR BOMBA (The King of Bombs)
The Largest Thermonuclear Bomb was detonated on October 30,1961 on the island of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Sea.
The Bombs payload was equivalent to that of 50 million tons of TNT.
The Bombs payload was equivalent to that of 50 million tons of TNT.